The ALTİD Board of Directors met with members of the press at a breakfast gathering. Meeting with members of the press at the ALTİD beach buffet on June 2, 2012, the ALTİD Board of Directors provided information regarding the new projects being carried out by ALTİD. ALTİD President Gülçin Güner stated that the purpose of the meeting was to convey information to the press about the projects being implemented. ALTİD Vice President Hasan Şakiroğlu stated that our association's "Alanya Coastal Safety Improvement Project," which was prepared and submitted to BAKA within the scope of the 2011 Call for Proposals of the Financial Support Program for the Evaluation of Tourism Potential opened by the Western Mediterranean Development Agency (BAKA), has become eligible for a grant. Within the total of 300 project applications under the 2011 Financial Support program, a total of 82 projects became eligible for a grant: 19 as R&D SME and 8 as R&D Public under the Financial Support Program for the Development of R&D and Innovation; 21 as Agriculture SME and 6 as Agriculture Public under the Financial Support Program for the Development of Agriculture-Based Industry; and 6 as Tourism SME and 22 as Tourism Public under the Financial Support Program for the Evaluation of Tourism Potential, which aims to diversify tourism products through alternative tourism activities, spread the season over 12 months, and encourage environmentally sensitive tourism activities. BAKA will provide support at a rate of 43.91% for the project titled Alanya Coastal Safety Improvement. With the priority of diversifying tourism products and spreading the season over 12 months, the general objective is to create sunbathing areas, walking paths, and sea entry platforms for disadvantaged (disabled) groups, and to make the Alanya coasts 100% safe. It also aims to increase the service quality of businesses operating on the coast and to strengthen the Alanya brand. ALTİD Secretary General Mehmet Dahaoğlu, noting the increasing usage of the "iPhone and iPad application project," said that with the project, which is currently in the software stage, users will be able to easily access Alanya promotion and hotel information via iPhone and iPad, which will provide positive contributions to our brand. ALTİD Vice President Hayriye Sadullahoğlu Argun stated that the ongoing legislation, lifeguard and first aid training activities, and the ALTSO Voctest vocational certification project, of which we are a partner, emerged as a result of long and detailed work and are being implemented.